[jcifs] Just an idea...

Michael B. Allen miallen at eskimo.com
Sat Nov 23 13:47:24 EST 2002


On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:21:23 -0600
"Christopher R. Hertel" <crh at ubiqx.mn.org> wrote:

> jCIFS currently places the name "foo" into the "Native LAN Manager" field 
> of the Session Setup AndX.
> 
> I think it should say "jCIFS".
> 
> If "foo" is safe, then...

My understanding is that the 'Native LAN Manager' field is supposed to
indicate what type of server is running. Because jCIFS has no facility
to determine if it's Windows, Samba, or whatever, I punted. Thus 'foo'. I
see no reason to change it.

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